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Yenly Garcia sentenced for shooting death of Plainfield Twp. mother

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Posted at 1:14 PM, Oct 05, 2023
and last updated 2023-10-05 13:30:14-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The man who pleaded no contest to shooting and killing a Plainfield Township mother last year was sentenced Thursday.

Mollie Schmidt was found dead in Yenly Garcia’s apartment with a gunshot wound last summer, according to the Wyoming Department of Public Safety.

The discovery was made days before Garcia’s arrest in Mexico.

Garcia was charged with second-degree murder and felony firearm, to which he pleaded no contest.

Court officials say Garcia was sentenced to 23–50 consecutive years behind bars for the murder charge and 2 years for the felony firearm charge.

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